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Sound Level Meter

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~INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

TMI -101: Tinkering Part


Sound Level Meter
Team Member Details: Coordinator:
Avani Jain 23115029 Electrical Prof. Himanshu Fulara
Anushree Gupta 23115020 Electrical Supervisor:
Parv Khanna 23112070 Chemical Prof. Ambrish Pandey
Shreyas Dahale 23123038 Engineering Physics Mentor:
Mr. Shubham Saini
Department: Physics

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Understanding of the Problem
 PROJECT OBJECTIVE:
Design and build a cost-efficient sound level meter. A sound level meter is a device
that measures the intensity or volume of sound in decibels (dB).

 Importance of Sound Level Measurement:


1) Noise Pollution Assessment ( urban areas, industrial zones, and residential
neighbourhoods, workplace safety).
2) Environmental Conservation (monitoring noise impacts on wildlife and natural
habitats. disrupt ecosystems, alter animal behaviour, and affect breeding patterns).

 Scope and learnings expected: Multiple industrial applications (eg. identification of


species) how to proceed on working on a project learning to building prototypes before final
Blueprint of planning and execution that is to be followed.

Source: www.ccohs.ca
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 Technical Working : A sound level meter using Arduino measures
sound intensity by converting analogue sound waves into electrical
voltage. It employs a microphone to capture sound, which is then
amplified and filtered. The Arduino's analogue-to-digital converter
converts this voltage to a digital value, allowing it to calculate sound
levels in decibels (dB).

 Target Audience: 1) Small scale businesses


2) Small scale research works
3) Common public

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Challenges in Traditional
Meters:
• High cost
• Power hungry
• Maintenance-intensive
• Need for cost efficiency: To make it available for
large audience, small business and research.
(Budget: Rs.4500)

Source: www.sciencedirect.com
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Approach

Analysing Study about Ordering


problem components components

Checking Assembling
functionality parts

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Working Principle

Sound Level meters work by


calculating the pressure of sounds
waves travelling through the air from
a source. They are also known as
sound pressure level meters.

The fundamental unit used for


measuring loudness of any source is
decibel.

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Algorithm
As we are using an Arduino, we will be using the language it comes
with, which runs on C++ with some additional functions and
methods.
The logic for the code will be:

1. It should collect sound waves data from microphone and record it


in such a way that the computer should be able to make sense out
of it.
2. Process that data and calculate the pressure of the sound waves.
3. Finally calculate the loudness of that sound wave in decibels.

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Imported from Google
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How it was executed
• We use the Arduino FFT library for FFT calculations.

• The microphone sensor is connected to an analog pin (e.g., A0).

• We sample the analog signal from the microphone, perform an FFT


on it, and calculate the sound level in dB based on the magnitude
of the FFT result at a specific frequency (in this case, the
fundamental frequency).

• The calculated sound level is printed to the serial monitor.

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Summary of Current Progress
 Till now we have done research on the various components needed
for the project and have gained much information.
 Also we have explored various sites available on the internet to
get the equipments with optimum quality and cost efficiency. Some
of the sites are:

• www.amazon.in
• https://robu.in/
• www.ElectronicsComp.com
• www.techtonics.com
 We look ahead for assembling all the components and then
component testing, prototype construction, coding part, etc.

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Components
Microphone sensor
• Captures sound waves and converts them into electrical signals. It
receives the acoustic signals and send them to the processing circuit,
which can amplify, filter, digitize, or actuate the signals according to
the application.

Display
• Shows output information, such as sound levels. is a liquid crystal
display that can show 16 characters in each of its two rows, providing
a total of 32 characters of information. It's commonly used to display
alphanumeric information in various electronic devices.

Microcontroller
• Processes data, controls functions, and interfaces with other
components. It processes the electrical signals from the microphone
sensor and display or actuate the sound level according to the
application.

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Power supply
• The lithium power supply provides a reliable and long-lasting source of
energy for the sensor module and the microcontroller. Lithium batteries
are commonly used as power supplies for sound level sensors because they
have several advantages over other types of batteries.

Enclosure
• The enclosure function for a sound level sensor is to protect the sensor
module and the microcontroller from environmental factors. It ensures the
performance and reliability of the sensor system. A well-designed
enclosure can enhance the accuracy and durability of the sound level
sensor.

Wiring and connectors


• Transmit signals and power between components,
ensuring connectivity. The wiring and connector function is important
for ensuring the proper operation and communication of the sound
level sensor system

Reference: www.wikipedia.org
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THANK
YOU

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